What is recorded here
This brass commemorative plaque records: Grassmarket Mission, undenominational, erected in memory of James Fairbairn founder and first superintendent of this mission. Died 3rd May 1894 "His works do follow him"
James Fairbairn was the founder and first superintendent of the Grassmarket Mission in Edinburgh, remembered for his dedication to undenominational Christian outreach and social work among the urban poor.
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